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407 Domestic goods transport1, 2, by mode of transport
Mode of transport 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012
  Tonnes carried. Million
Total6  295  339  356  439  462  485  468  472
                 
Mainland transport, total  287  301  278  343  345  369  361  358
Water transport, total 62 63 50 78 84 83 84 85
Ferry transport3 34 37 31 48 50 51 53 54
Other regular service 1 0 0 . . . . .
For hire or reward and on own account 27 26 19 30 34 31 31 31
Timber floating . . . . . . . .
Railway transport, total 9 7 5 6 7 7 8 9
Norwegian State Railways5 9 7 5 6 7 5 5 5
Private railways 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5
Road transport, total6  216  231  223  258  254  279  269  264
Scheduled road transport 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Vans and lorries  212 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Air transport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 8 38 78 96  117  116  107  114
Oil transport by tankers 7 17 22 31 17 9 11 10
Oil transport by pipeline - 17 44 37 37 25 23 21
Gas transport by pipeline 1 4 12 28 63 82 73 83
                 
  Tonnes-kilometres. Millions
Total 20 328 26 589 33 039 49 061 64 864 62 707 62 493 62 583
                 
Mainland transport, total 17 610 18 986 19 196 28 350 33 397 33 884 33 701 34 557
Water transport, total 9 300 9 104 7 874 13 539 15 296 14 343 14 304 14 198
Ferry transport3  244  273  223  353  368  374  383  391
Other regular service4  794  107  135 . . . . .
For hire or reward and on own account4 8 262 8 724 7 516 13 186 14 928 13 969 13 921 13 807
Timber floating 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Railway transport, total 1 771 1 632 1 647 1 775 2 208 2 348 2 416 2 527
Norwegian State Railways 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 775 2 203 2 113 2 049 2 034
Other railways 3 2 0 0 5  235  367  483
Road transport, total 6 485 8 231 9 654 13 017 15 875 17 176 16 965 17 816
Scheduled road transport  669 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Vans and lorries 5 816 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Air transport 19 19 21 19 18 16 16 16
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 2 718 7 603 13 843 20 710 31 468 28 823 28 792 28 026
Oil transport by tankers 2 555 4 313 4 999 13 042 8 595 4 734 5 796 4 625
Oil transport by pipeline - 2 055 5 261 3 485 4 590 3 440 3 065 2 721
Gas transport by pipeline  163 1 235 3 583 4 182 18 283 20 649 19 931 20 680
                 
  Relative figures 1965=100
Tonnes carried, total  163  187  197  243  255  268  259  261
Tonnes-kilometres, total  183  239  297  442  584  565  563  563
1  Only includes goods which are loaded as well as unloaded in Norway.
2  Some of the figures are revised compared to the previous release.
3  The weight of the cars is included.
4  Other regular service and For hire or reward and on own account are added together as from 2000.
5  CargoNet AS as from 2002.
6  The figures from 2003 are not quite comparable with previous years due to reductions in the transport estimates for the small goods vehicles.
Source: Institute of Transport Economics and Domestic transport performances, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/en/transpinn 

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